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Unfortunately, I can't make Stamford or Finchley, but am planning to do the Reading Half Marathon on March 6th and Kingston 16m breakfast run on the 20th. Anyone else planning to do these?
bikingbird - unfortunately i've got friskney 1/2 and oakley 20 lined up for those days - but they are both good races so i've heard
back to long runs next week with 17 miles planned
Hi everyone, i havent posted for a while.
I did somewhere between 16-17 miles yesterday, felt really good and legs not suffering today.Did have a bit of a headache a little while after I finished and in hind sight, i dont think I hydrated well enough. Managing to get out 4 times a week but cant wait until it stays lighter for longer in the evenings. I hate doing runs in the dark!
Although I have a ballot place, I am still raising money for cancerBACUP as my younger brother was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer during christmas week, and is currently going through hell with chemo. Whenever I feel like missing a run etc, I just think of him and it gives me the kick up the arse I need
well done on your long run
Had a cold & sore throat over w/e but still went out for a 30 minute hilly run on Sat, and 10.5 miles Sunday, which took deaqd slow at 2:01. That's my second longest run (and slowest) ever but I felt really good afterwards.
I've decided for my long Sunday runs to take about half at an "easy" pace - i.e. 1-2 minutes per mile slower than I hope to run FLM, and the rest at a steady pace (between 9-10 min/mile for me). Hopefully this will mean that I'm conditionsed to burning fat - but have also covered long distances at a decent enough pace. Any comments?
his getting faster run sounds very much like what you are aiming for.
while i'm building the miles (the next month at least) i'll be planning on just taking it easy and averaging about 10.30 - 11 min miles.
Sounds like everyone's training is going well
have had a difficult week or so - became obvious that i was overtraining as just suddenly realised I was absolutely knackered. Spent a large proportion of last week falling asleep on the sofa etc. Managed a 12m effort on sunday which I was pleased with, but have been taking it really easy this week - I suddenly realised that I was committing the fatal error of making all of my runs hard. Did 5m last night at a relatively easy pace and it felt pretty good. Am hoping that a week of easy running and no long run this week should get me back on track.
Will definitely try the fast finish run next week to see what it is like (probably quite unpleasant!)
Also - I use a HRM to train - so I can easily differentiate between an easy, steady and quick paced run.
I would recommend that you still do a long weekend run - even if it is really slow, and even if you can't do anything before then. I think one long slow run will be more benficial than 2-3 shorter runs at this stage.
I'm trying to fit in five runs a week, but work's quite hectic at the moment, so even if i only do four, I always make sure I do my long easy one at the weekend. I did 12m on Sunday at a very easy pace for me (still about 75% of WHR according to my HRM but I always seem to be a bit higher than recommended even when i go really slow). Going to try for 14m this w/end.
The one thing I haven't managed to start yet is any real hill or interval training. How important do you think those sessions really are for a marathon?
Have a good day everyone.
It has quite an interesting marathon time predictor built into it which calculates your expected finish time from your fastest 26.2 miles in any week. On last week's mileage, I'm supposed to be around a 4hr06m. Even if it's not that accurate, it makes you feel good...!
BTW - my HRM is often a few beats (i.e. about 5-7) higher than my target for the workout I'm doing. I see my HRM as a guide for different tempos of running but try not to get too obsessed by the exact readings, since my maximum and minimum HRs are "good estimates" and have never been properly tested. E.g. yesterday I went for a 30 minute easy run which should equate to 137-143 BPM for me. Most of the run was between 145-149 but I was going as a steady comfortable pace that I didn't want to change. As soon as I hit 150, I eased off a bit.
7 miles Sat, then 15 miler Sunday coming up! YIKES!
Happy weekend all!
17-18 miles for me tomorrow (not quite sure how long the loop actually is!) although i'm a bit nervous i'm also strangely looking forward to it! i'm taking my iPod shuffle and a load of very good music!
Newbie - i think a week of running exactly how you want to run is whats called for. i went out and did 3 easy miles on tuesday and loved every second of it - its easy to forget that we do this for fun sometimes :-)
hope the weekend is going well for everyone
I also experimented with the fast finish for the last 3 miles of my 15-miler yesterday. Felt fine. It was probably also due to the fact that I was trying to stay at a really low heart-rate. Not only did I feel like I was almost walking, but I got very bored! Don't think I'll keep it that low again. I guess training is all about experimenting anyway.
Will be at 14m this weekend. Although, I did feel encouraged this weekend as went for a run in the lake district, where is obviously v hilly, and did a run I last did about 3mths ago, which I had found absolutely horrendous. This time the hills didn't even bother me - obviously the training is doing something and I haven't really been focussed on hills!
And don't worry about being behind. You're not at all. All the schedules I have say you should be doing around 13m now, so we're all putting in a little extra more to feel confident more early, I guess.
did you enjoy it BG?
hows everyone else getting on - lots of LSDs this weekend?
Has anyone else tried doing this?